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.:--::†*¶¶               ... SLEEP ...              ¶¶*†::--:.
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....::†**¤ SLEEP IS  THE MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF THE ¤**†::....
.:-:†*¤¤¤# DAY.  SLEEP  IS  SAYING  GOODBYE  FOR  A #¤¤¤*†:-:.
.:-:†*¤¶## WHILE. IF YOU  CAN  DREAM, YOU  ALSO GET ##¶¤*†:-:.
.:-:†*¤¶## TO  VISIT  FRIENDS  AND  OTHER  ANIMALS. ##¶¤*†:-:.
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.:-:::†*¶# DEEPER THAN DEATH IS  TO  BE  ALIVE  AND #¶*†:::-:.
....-:*¤¤# ASLEEP. IT  IS DEATH IF IT WAS TEMPORARY #¤¤*:-....
.:-:†*¤¤¶#             AND REJUVENATING.            #¶¤¤*†:-:.
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.:-:†*¤¶## SLEEP  IS  A  BLACK  MARBLE  OUTSIDE  OF ##¶¤*†:-:.
..::-:†¤¶# WHICH THERE IS NOTHING.  INSIDE  IS  ALL #¶¤†:-::..
.:-:†*¤¶## THE   STARS   AND   IN   THE   MIDDLE  A ##¶¤*†:-:.
.:-:†*¤¶## BLACK LAKE.  AT  THE  FOOT OF  THIS LAKE ##¶¤*†:-:.
...::††*¤¶           STANDS AN OLD FRIEND.          ¶¤*††::...
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..:-:::**¶ WHEN  YOU  SLEEP ALL SOUND  IS INTERNAL. ¶**:::-:..
...:--††¤¤ WHEN  YOU  SLEEP  YOUR  BRAIN   SHRINKS. ¤¤††--:...
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....-:*¤¤# IF YOU WISH TO MEASURE SLEEP, USE  THESE #¤¤*:-....
.:::-††*¤¤    FOUR QUANTIFIERS:: GRIP, DEEPNESS,    ¤¤*††-:::.
.:-:†*¤¶##    OTHERWORLDINESS AND REVITALIZATION.   ##¶¤*†:-:.
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.:-:†††††¤ GRIP  GOES FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO LET GO ¤†††††:-:.
.:-:†¤¶### ALL  DAY   (LEFT)   TO  NOT  CARING   TO ###¶¤†:-:.
.:-:†*¤¶##            REMEMBER (RIGHT).             ##¶¤*†:-:.
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.:-:†*¤¤¤¤     DEEPNESS GOES FROM BEING SEVERAL     ¤¤¤¤*†:-:.
.:-:†††¤¶¶ HUNDRED METERS  DOWN  (LEFT)  TO  BARELY ¶¶¤†††:-:.
.:-:†*¤¶##      TOUCHING THE SURFACE (RIGHT).       ##¶¤*†:-:.
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....:-†¤¤¤   OTHERWORLDLINESS GOES FROM A SINGLE    ¤¤¤†-:....
.:-:†*¤¶¶#  COHERENT DREAMSCAPE (LEFT), VIA NORMAL  #¶¶¤*†:-:.
....--:†*¶ DREAM  AMOUNTS  (MIDDLE)  TO  NO  DREAMS ¶*†:--....
.::--:†¤¶#                 (RIGHT).                 #¶¤†:--::.
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.:-:*¤¶### REVITALIZATION  GOES FROM  A  FEELING OF ###¶¤*:-:.
.....-†¤¶¶ NOT HAVING SLEPT AT  ALL (LEFT) TO BEING ¶¶¤†-.....
.:-:†*¤¶## FULL   OF  ENERGY  AND   MAYBE  OPTIMISM ##¶¤*†:-:.
.:-:†****¶                 (RIGHT).                 ¶****†:-:.
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...::-†¤¶# HIGH OTHERWORLDLINESS  AND HIGH GRIP  IS #¶¤†-::...
.:-:†*¤¶##      A PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE COMBO.     ##¶¤*†:-:.
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...--†*¤¤#             ... SEE ALSO ...             #¤¤*†--...
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.:--::*¤¤#               SLEEP DEITIES              #¤¤*::--:.
.:-:†*¤¶##              THE BLACKBIRD               ##¶¤*†:-:.
.:-:†**¤¤#                 SOLIPSISM                #¤¤**†:-:.
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.:-:†*¤¶##            ... FURTHERMORE ...           ##¶¤*†:-:.
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.....:-†¤# THIS  IS  STILL  A PLACE: HERE,  IN  THE #¤†-:.....
.....-:**¤ SILENCE,   DARKNESS   AND  NIGHT  -  AND ¤**:-.....
.-:†*¤¶### LONELINESS, HOLDING  A KIND OF  DILUTION ###¶¤*†:-.
.::†*¤¶### OF   REALITY,  AND  SUDDENLY  IT'S   NOT ###¶¤*†::.
.:::--†*¶# IMPORTANT THAT  I  LIE  IN  MY BED,  THE #¶*†--:::.
.:-:†*¤¶## LACK   OF  PRESENCE  BRINGS  THE  NOTION ##¶¤*†:-:.
.:-:†*¤¶## THAT,  IF  I  DO  NOT  CHOOSE  SLEEP,  I ##¶¤*†:-:.
.:-:†*¤¶##    CHOOSE PAST, FUTURE, SOMETHING WITH   ##¶¤*†:-:.
.:-:†*¤¶## MORE  SUBSTANCE   THAN  THE   OBJECTS  I ##¶¤*†:-:.
.:-:†*¤¤¶¶           SURROUND MYSELF WITH.          ¶¶¤¤*†:-:.
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